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Two pay-DTT services announced

Following the Spanish governments approval for Pay DTT TV services, Dahlia TV has announced plans to act as an interface between subscribers and Read More

Towercom discusses DTT plans

Following the award of a licence to operate three DTT multiplexes, Towercom has announced plans to launch the first multiplex early next year. Read More

TVR1 and TVR2 awarded DTT licences

The National Audiovisual Council has awarded DTT licences to two of the countries public channels TVR1 and TVR2. They are expected to join the Read More

Freeview adds Sky’s Prime Television

Prime Television, the New Zealand free-to-air commercial channel, owned by News Corp-backed Sky Television, has signed up to be included on the Read More

Doordarshan pushes DVB-H

Broadcast Engineering reports that Doordarshan, the state operated Broadcaster, will once more launch a DVB-H service. The previous 2007 pilot was Read More

Boxer announces Pay-TV from 1st November

Boxer has announced that it will start Pay TV services on the 1st November after Analogue Switch Off (ASO) is completed. Viewers will have a choice Read More

DTT STB sales increase

Figures from GfK show that the number of DTT STB’s sold in Spain increased by 13% in June compared with the previous month. During the same Read More

Cabinet approves Pay DTT

The Spanish Cabinet has given the go-ahead (13th August 2009) to allow Pay DTT services and have issued a “royal decree”. Congress should Read More

Slovak DTT tender won by Towercom

Towercom has won the TUSR DTT tender, beating competition from Telecom Corp and Canada’s Valtech Communications. They will now operate three Read More

Romkatel awarded DTT service contract

Romkatel the exclusive representative of Kathrein in Romania has signed a 12 month contract for the supply of DTT services, beating an alternative Read More

Consultation favours HD on DTT platform

High Definition TV services should start soon after ASO according to the responses to Portugal’s recent digital dividend consultation. Reporting Read More

Digital dividend consultation opened

The Ministry for Culture and Heritage (MCH) and the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) have released a discussion paper to invite industry Read More